It seems like I just wrote something about the fair a couple of weeks ago, but it (the fair) has come and gone. I pretty much avoided it until Friday when I took the grand kids for a few hours. Everything about the fair screams of calories, grease and fat, but for such [...]
She called me last night to apologize. “For what?” I asked. “We’ve been attending the church for several months now and have not formally introduced ourselves. Now there has been a death in the family and we wanted you to know.” I stopped by the funeral home the next day and [...]
What does that phrase mean? We say things like, “I have gotten wind of something.” or, “Something is in the air.” There was a song popularized long ago called, “Love is in the Air.” Drive through Gary, Indiana and there is something else in the air. Slurp from the drinking fountain [...]
I was up before dawn Thursday. My destination was 73 miles away according to Mapquest. My hope was to get an early start, avoid the school buses and morning traffic. I missed the traffic, but scored a direct hit on school buses. I think I got behind every one on route [...]